Detachable button.



R. SUDIAH.

DETACHABLE BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 17, I915.

l ,21 9, 1 88. Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

Racbe7 juofab. WITNESSES INVENTOR A ltorneys RACHEL SUDIAI-I, O15 NEW YORK, Y.

DETAGHABLE BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Mar, 13, 1917.

Application filed May 17, 1915. Serial No. 28,508.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, RACHEL SUDIAH, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of New York, borough of Bronx, county of Bronx, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Detachable Button, of which the following is a SPQCIfi".

cation.

This invention is a detachable button, and the object of the invention is to provide means. for detachably securing a button to a fabric by metallic means, in a simple and convenient manner and without the necessity of tools. 7

It has heretofore been suggested to secure buttons to a fabric by metallic means, but, in every case, the structure was such as to be extremely complicated, or, if of a simple nature, necessitated the use of tools of particular construction for securing the button to the fabric. Moreover, in the majority of cases, the buttons, when in place, were held in such mannerthat they could not be removed and were, therefore, of absolutely no utility where removable buttons were required.

With the foregoing disadvantages in mind, ,the present invention embodies means whereby the button may be detachably secured to a fabric in a simple and convenient manner, and the construction is such as to adapt it for use on the most light and fragile fabrics, without, in any way, tearing or disrupting the fabric. i

The invention embodies a piece of wire adapted to engage, intermediate its ends, with the eye or loop of a button, the free ends of said wire being adapted to be passed through a fabric and through the aperture of an attaching plate positioned at the back of said fabric, whereupon said wire is adapted to be bent to form two diverging arms which may be detachably locked by engaging means embodied inthe attaching plate.

Features of the invention, other than those specified, will be apparent from the hereinafter detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings;

In the accompanying drawings, I have illustrated one practical embodiment of the invention, but the construction shown therein is to be understood as illustrative, only, and not as defining the limits of the present invention.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of button attaching means embodying the present in-.

vention, certain parts being shown in section in the interest of clearness.

Fig. 2 is a face view on the wrong side of the fabric, showing the manner in which the wire which holds the button in place is detachably secured to the attaching plate.

Fig. 3 is a cross-section through the attaching member, on line 33 of Fig.2, and Fig. a shows a piece of wire bent to the form for readily attaching the button.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates a piece of fabric, to which it is adapted to secure a button. B denotes a button of any I well known, conventional form, which it is desired to secure to the fabric. which has been shown for illustrative purposes is provided with an eye 0, through which stitches are generally passed when the well known method of sewing on buttons is practiseck According to the present invention, however, a piece of wire C is employed. The wire C is preferably bent upon itself so as to form a loop centrally of its extent, whereby the wire assumes the general appearance of the well known cotter-pin (see Fig. 4), and, for this reason, it will be hereinafterreferred to as such, for the sake of V brevity;

positioned on the'wrong side of the fabric.

The button Plate'D is preferably stamped from sheet I metal and is provided with a pair of 0p' positely positioned, cooperating tongues d (1 which are in parallel relation and face 1n oppos te tongues are stamped up from plate D so as' directions. Moreover, these to lie in a plane parallel to the face of the plate, in spaced relation to said plate.

After pin C has been passed through aperture d of plate D, the free ends of said pin are adapted to be bent over into diverging alinement, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, whereupon rotation of the plate or pin will cause the free ends of pin C'to pass under tongues cl (F. In order to hold the free ends of the pin in this position, depressions cc are preferably formed in the plate D, so as to extend radially beneath the tongues cl d Being of metal, plate D and, consequently, tongues d (Z2 are more or less resilient, and, this being the case, the free 7 parts are given; relative movement to force the pin out of the depressions e e beneath the tongues cl (Z and into the positiongshown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The pin is then unbent or straightened out into the form shown in Fig. 4, whereupon it may be readilywithdrawn from attaching plate D and fabric A. The wire from which pin C ;is formed is of a malleable nature, so; that it may be readily bent in the manner specified, without the necessity of tools and, moreover, may be manipulated many times with out fear of breakage.

It will be manifest, from the foregoing, that the attachment of the present invention is extremely simple and may be attached or detached in an expeditious manner and without the necessity of any skill whatsoever. The structure is such that the tachment places no strain whatev r upon the fabric to which it is attached and only a very small perforation in the fabric is required in attaching the button. The present invention is therefore, particularly adapted for use on shirtwaists where such light materials as lace, chiffon, crepe de chine, or other light and fragile material, are generally employed. Furthermore, I have found the button to be very efficient when used on washvests the structure bein such as to allow of the removal of the buttons for th purpose of washing.

When used on such light dressgoods as hereinbefore mentioned, the attaching member may, desired, be formed from celluloid or other material than metal, and may be colored to harmonize with the goods with which it is adapted to be associated. It, therefore, passes unobserved, even though the button is turned back in such manner as to otherwise expose said attaching member 7 to view.

without tearing the material, and, moreover, the mode of attachment is such that it would not 'hold in such fragile goods.

It will be noted, particularly fronf Fig. 3, that the free ends of the tongues (l and 6Z2 are turned in toward the attaching plate. This is the preferredembodiment ofthe invention, the inturned portions of the tongues being adapted to absolutely preclude their disengagement with the pin even thoughthe pin becomes disengaged from the depressions e e. The natural resiliency of the tongues,- howeveryallow of the ready positioningor disengagement of the pin with its respective tongues when it is desired to attach or detach the button, but, manifestly, the pin cannot inadvertently work loose. The invention is, however, not limited to the aforesaid turned-in tongues, as they are employed only as an additional precaution, and are not ab- H solutely essential. The tongues may, if de' sired, be made strai ht, and may, moreover, be of malleable nature so that they'inay be slightly bent down after the pin is in place. This may be accomplished absolutely without tools, as the attaching plate is construct ed of light material, and may be readily ma nipulated,

Having thus fully described the invention, 7 7 what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is As a new article of manufacture, detachable button-securing means embodying an attaching plate provided with a centrally 7 and having a pair ofrlegs adaptedto'be passed through the aperture in the'plate and thereafter bent over into diverging relation and rotated to seat the bent-over portions of said legs in the depressed channels of the 7 plate and beneath the tongues, whereby the tongues operate to maintain said bent-over portions against inadvertent displacement from said channels for the purpose of detachably locking the button in positi-on, said legs being of such length as not to extend beyond the periphery of the plate.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

RACHEL SUDIAHL Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. I 

